Figure 14: Weird preying mantis
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Buskirk, J. 1989. Density-dependent cannibalism in larval dragonflies. Ecology 70, 1442-1449.
Buskirk, R. Frohlich, C and Ross, K. 1984. The natural selection of sexual cannibalism. The American Naturalist 123, 612-625.
Capinera, J. 2008. Cannibalism. In: Encyclopedia of Entomology. pp. 710-714. Springer, UK.
Church and Sherratt. 1996. The selective advantages of cannibalism in a Neotropical mosquito. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. 39, 117-123.
Dethier V. 1937. Cannibalism amoung lepidopterous larvae. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 44, 110-115.
Prenter, J. Macneil, C and Elwood R. 2006. Sexual cannibalism and mate choice. Animal Behaviour. 71, 481-490.
Richardson, M. Mitchell, R. Reagel, P and Hanks, L. 2010. Causes and consequences of cannibalism in noncarnivorous insects. Annual Review of Entomology 55, 39-53.
Santi, F and Maini S. 2007. Ladybirds mothers eating their eggs: is it cannibalism? Bulletin of Insectology. 60, 89-91.
Strand M and Godfray H. 1989. Superparasitism and ovicide in parasitic hymenoptera: Theory and a case study of the ectoparasitoid Bracon hebetor. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 24, 421-432.
Towsend, C. Begon, M and Harper, J. 2009. Essentials of Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell, UK.